Δαραί

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Δαραί, ὃ ν[ῦν Δά]ρας φασί, φρούριον Ἀναστασιούπολις λεγόμενον, ὀχυρώτατον. ὁ πολίτης Δαρηνός ὡς Δουσαρά Δουσαρηνός. δύναται καὶ Δαραῖος. εἰσὶ δὲ Δαρραί διὰ δύο « ρρ » ἔθνος πρὸς τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ.

Darae: what they now call Dara, a fort called Anastasiopolis, very strongly fortified. The ethnic is Darēnos, as Dousarē → Dousarēnos; one may also say Daraïos. There are also Darraï, a people by the Red Sea.

Text Details

Entry#20
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 219.6 · Billerbeck Δ20
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count30
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΔάραςDara (fortress) · place
ΔάραςDara (fortress) · place
ἈναστασιοῦπολιςAnastasioupolis (Anastasiopolis) · place
ΔαρηνόςDarenos (demonym / citizen of Dara) · people
ΔουσαρήDousarē (variant name/demonym) · people
ΔουσαρηνόςDousarenos (variant demonym) · people
ΔαραῖοςDaraios (Daraean) · people
ΔαρραίDarrai (ethnic group / people) · people
Ἐρυθρά θάλασσαErythraean Sea (the Red Sea / Erythraean Sea) · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguisticwhich now they say is 'Daras', a fortress called 'Anastasioupolis'.
Unclear Metalinguisticthe citizen is 'Darenos' (Δαρηνός), also 'Dousare' / 'Dousarenos' (Δουσαρῆ, Δουσαρηνός).
Unclear Metalinguisticit can also be 'Daraios' (Δαραῖος).
Unclear Metalinguisticthere are also 'Darrai' with two r's, a people by the Red Sea.

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Herodian overlaps

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC